The Irishman Review | Escape to the Movies
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- This week on Escape to the Movies, MovieBob reviews The Irishman.
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#TheIrishman
"This might well be the best movie your great-uncle watches in 20- minute increments before bed over the course of two months this year!" Favorite line. :D
The bit about Scorsese-wannabes pretending their leads are introspective really is the insight I've struggled to find myself but never could. Well done Bob. Really.
Really hit the nail on the head
Yeah I felt The Sopranos did this wonderfully. Not a lot of romance in that one.
Y'know, the Looney Tunes callback was refreshing as far as openings are concerned. Well done.
I'll get to the Irishman eventually.
Scorcese also has used that same circle fadeout in his films.
@@johnathonhaney8291 nowI'm pining for a Looney Tunes style gangster movie. Give it a good R rating.
Duck Amok is the greatest piece of animation evar. I mean it is.
this movie was so cool. who would have thought painting houses was such a depressing business.
Yes, he’s one of the greats and deserve all recognition and yes, that whole thing with Marvel and Disney was either a happy accident or they used the same tactics that WB used for Joker.
That opening gag alone was worth the like, the rest was golden though too.
I'm a simple guy. I see a "Duck Amuck" reference, I'm happy.
Nice homage. I only wish there had been a “This is a close up?” moment
Whole thing should've just committed to its format and been a much longer examination of the story as a Netflix show. As a 3 1/2 hour movie it seems weirdly undercooked in places, like Scorcese was trying to stretch into Sopranos / Boardwalk territory but just couldn't get there.
A shame as I'm sure he would've proved himself a master of TV as ably as he has in film.
Is it cinema ? assuredly, but it could've been utterly outstanding long format TV. 8/10 is right on the nose for this one.
Didn't Scorsese direct the pilot to Boardwalk Empire? If he didn't I'd say he proved himself as a TV guy pretty well there too.
He did, and at 73 minutes it's plays like Scorcese doing a short form TV movie, and brilliantly for sure, great foundation work, as he did with Vinyl, but what I'm thinking of here is Scorcese embracing the modern long form, multiple episode story arc. There's a chance he might be tempted to have a try with the DiCaprio "Devil in the White city" coming up, but it doesn't look likely. I'll keep my fingers crossed none the less.
Series are not a director's medium in the end.
I did wonder why at 3 1/2 hour long and apparently spanning several decades they didn't just make it a mini series. I've not seen the film or how the timespan is cut but perhaps even an episode or two per decade might have worked better???
@@Undone545
What's the artistic advantage of splitting it up in chunks?
Now I want to see Scorsese direct Suicide Squad 3
That would be lethal
He wouldn't make it halfway through the scripting process. Blockbuster Action movies... That's never been him.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣 I LOVE HOW YOU GUYS ARE PRETENDING SCORSESE WOULD EVER WANT TO MAKE THAT MOVIE FOR SOME REASON.
I’ve seen it. Twice. It’s a 9.5/10
Great “Duck Amuck” reference at the beginning.
Really looking forward to The Irishman, can’t wait for it
the live-action daffy duck schtick was funny but if you'd leaned any harder into it you woulda transformed into the nostalgia critic. and nobody wants that
Wow - greatest visual gag you’ve ever pulled off, Bob!
The opening Irishman joke is fantastic. Lovely work.
Missing from that opening: the camera pulls back to reveal Bugs Bunny at the computer: “Ain’t I a Stinka?”
Great review. Although I must say I did find some of the CG anti-aging technology to be quite distracting. Particularly on Deniro. They made his eyes almost glow with this strange pale blue light ... like he was a White Walker or something.
Other than that tho, I enjoyed the film overall.
Well, the real Frank Sheeran had blue eyes
@@aniki6575 True, and that's what they were going for, just looked strange (distractingly so) to me.
1:50 Hee hee hee ain’t I a stinker?
On Captain Irishman shield is a 4 leaf clover. Not a 3 leaf shamrock :)
I'm giving this video a "thumbs up" for the opening bit alone.
Well it certainly landed in the middle of Oscar Bait season.
8:45-8:48 - Bless you, Bob.
Oh boy did that make me chuckle out loud...
MovieBob just blew my friggin' mind! Whoa!
Actually caught this at NYFF in September. One of my favorite films this year but GOD is it a long film, especially near the end.
But that's been typical Scorcese since at least the 1990s, right? Two and a half to three hours is the usual length. Boardwalk Empire, an HBO series he helped produce (and FYI is damn good, particularly in its lack of pulling punches on the horror of what too many OG mobsters were like), makes me wonder if some of his later films could have worked better as TV miniseries.
Johnathon Haney Yeahh but this had a Return of the King “multiple endings” longness to it. All well done but it felt like the ending went on forever
It's the last time we see pesci in a movie and Pacino and de Niro in a scorsese movie together. How could this be too long. I could watch it for another 5 hours!
"It's on Netflix, so it's not cinema" - Scorcese's Movie Brat friend Steven Spielberg in his attempts to discredit Netflix movies over his own
There's a reason that the Boomer memes stick, LOL, they're picking fights just to pick them, and they're losing 😜
ktownshutdown21 your basing millions of people on one person. you’re a smart cookie
@@spacepenguin22 Those allegedly enlightened Boomers who don't agree are free to tell their more obnoxious fellow travelers "STFU!" at any time. In the meantime, expect the roasts to continue.
Except Spielberg doesn’t think it’s not cinema. He just thinks they shouldn’t qualify for Oscars since they’re being distributed for home viewing.
Ok, Millenial, stick to your fast and furious movies then.
@@spacepenguin22 r/woosh
Hey, that's Todd Breaking Bad.
Bob, my dude, you study film for a living. Why you gotta put your cuts in the middle of words? Does anyone else do that?
It's for time and energy. It's MUCH faster and easier to awkwardly splice two not-great takes together than to reshoot a third take, especially because it's really hard to get everything EXACTLY THE SAME as it was during the original shooting. I personally can almost always tell the difference in audio, lighting, and positioning when someone does that. ESPECIALLY audio.
So basically you can quickly and easily have an awkward cut between two takes you already have... or you can take the time and energy to fully reshoot a third take (that might not end up any better than the two you've got) and have it end up being just as awkward when it ends up obviously not from the same shooting session as every other shot in the video.
Considering the sheer volume of videos Bob produces in a week and the general quality level he's going for.... it's just not worth it. Maybe if he put out one very long thinkpiece a month like Lindsay Ellis does it would be worth the time to go back and make everything perfect, but even she does this stuff sometimes (though usually only in VO)
@@ValkyrieTiara also pretty sure Bob writes and edits these himself. Ellis has several employees to help with that.
I figured the Irish Man gag would lean closer to being a Robot Master from the Mega Man games
So if I were to pick the Best Picture line up right now I'd say the following:
The Irishman
The Lighthouse
Picture of a Lady on Fire
Parasite
(probably) 1917
Maybe JoJo Rabbit too.
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is pretty great too
Nice Daffy duck impression!
Imagine if Scorcese made a marvel movie in the 90s based on silver age cosmic adventure, could call it "Spacefellas" a gritty outlook on galactic criminals doing space crime with Joe Pesci as a cyborg alien dwarf, Ray Liotta as the wide eyed yet smug protagonist and De Niro as a grumpt space tree.
Sounds like an RLM prequel to SpaceCop...
name the movie the Irish man
Everyone in the movie is Italian =/
Nope. Dinero is part Irish
Isn’t DeNiro 3/4 Irish?
@@djstarsign Nah, Irish, Italian, German, Dutch, French and English
>being this dumb
@Sean Higgins Jew is a religion, He is half Polish and half Romanian
“I HEARD YOU PAINT HOUSES?”🧐
To whoever did that :" Irish man" edit, four leaf clovers have nothing to do with Ireland.
As an Irishman, you're only allowed to get away with that skit because you're from Boston. ;-D
*Netflix is not True Cinema*
That's how it works, right Marty...? Just Gatekeep the hell out of anything that's non-Traditional 🤔
Hey Bob imagine Martin Scorsese doing a kingpin movie for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
No.
Okay then why should he not make it???
*DAMN*
Anyone else think of sly marbo when that music played over captain Ireland?
Good film, but it had a few scenes that just ran long. Bob's review is spot on about the un-Scorseselike lack of soundtrack to drive the cinematography. With the stark tone and unromantic look at mob life, it feels like Scorsese drew more from Donnie Brasco or Kill the Irishman than his own previous forays in the genre.
I really feel like this is Scorsese's last hurrah. He MIGHT squeeze out one more film before he checks out of life but likely no more than one. So making all the noise he did against MCU makes sense from a marketing standpoint.
Remember people, "Shark Tale" is real cinema. :P
You may have just talked me into my next 3 hours 30 minutes. Considering that this genre really isn't my thing, that says a lot.
Went back and watched this review after watching MovieBob's "best of 2019" video, and I find it interesting that he gives this movie an 8/10 yet not only doesn't include it on his list, but includes some movies that got 7/10 when he reviewed them.
Admitting the quality of a movie =/= considering a movie one of your favorites
Irish Man, proud founding member of the League of National Stereotypes.
Not that I want to add fuel to the fire, but that "Cinema" Shark Tales shot should be a gif.
dude i miss the old escape to the movies music so god damn much :(
I. Am. Irish. Man.
wow nice dig at todd philips without actually saying his name
A guy who made two (!) sequels out of The Hangover deserves the roast.
Anyone know what movies Bob has given a 10/10? Struggling to remember any
That intro was great
People who wear sunglasses indoors have to, because it's always sunny in doucheville.
Seriously, gotta give props to anyone or anything that makes a goddamn Duck Amuck reference.
wait, so what movie is in an unofficial trilogy with this move and Goodfellas? I think the third one was lost in the edit
Casino.
@@brettnolan14 thanks!
I've heard some very mixed things about the quality of the de-aging technology.
so how does Peschi die this time???
That opener made me chuckle not gonna lie
So this is James Ellroy on Netflix
I haven't watched Duck Amuck in forever. Thank you for that opening.
Best cold open ever!
I hope someday to have the level of film expertise to understand what the end card gag was supposed to be
I’m liking these gags. Keep em coming!
Bob’a mini take on Duck Amuck was funny.
Did You Get That Thing I Sent You: The Motion Picture
Marty vs MCU. Make that movie
And it has to be a rap battle.
Rather there be an Uwe Boll vs Marty, that guy will fight with fists.
Marty Vs MCU: Dawn of Justice
😂 that Irish man captain America iron man thing was pretty funny gg bob!!
Nice poke at Scorsese there at the end.
Sykes! XD
Bob's gone full Looney Tunes. :)
"Do they have a reason to keep doing this shit..." comment could be directed at Scorsese.
We get it, you can make this movie. It's the only movie hes ever made. It's like he got favors from the mob early on and in return for his success, he now has to make this same movie over and over for fear of the actual mob coming after him.
Martin Scorsese presents: "Hey, remember the mob? And basically the only actors I ever use? Remember them? Well heres a movie about that and starring them, but longer, slower, and released on a platform I've shit on recently!"
If anyone except Scorsese had released this exact same product, nobody would be acting like its magic.
1:50 I'm speechless.
Here's hoping the genre DOES go out on this one. It's done.
There's not really much else it can go, can it? I heard about some homegrown Italian films dealing with modern organized crime but they're way different than the American versions in terms of tone.
I'm glad to see the return of epic movies that aren't big action blockbusters. It's been a while since we"ve had something like that from hollywood.
If it's worthy of its lenght that is. Looking forward to seeng it in two weeks.
This isn't a return. It's a last gasp. Places like Netflix, Apple TV and others will be showing such smaller films in future and they'll likely be from overseas. Scorcese's kind of film is over.
@@johnathonhaney8291 Where i live we have a smaller cinema where you buy coffee instead of popcorn that shows all these smaller movies. I don't think it's going away, just moving into different venues. Incidentally this is also the only place Irishman is showing. But the place is usually crowded with people. I can't remember the last time i actually went to the regular cinema.
@@johnnyjosefsen7644 As a mass audience thing, it's done. From here on out, it'll be venues like what you just described and outfits like Alamo Roadhouse.
@@johnathonhaney8291 For some reason, I'm fine with this, but only because i have access to a venue. It's a much better experience these days, the audience has become annoying in the big cinemas, especially in horror movies. Last three horror movies i watched, people were talking between the scares, and not as a reaction to the horror, just everyday stuff to get through "the boring parts".
But i do miss the day where a movie like the Usual Suspect could be the talk of the town. I don't see that happening as much anymore, atleast not as much as in the 90s.
Seen it. It's an 8.5 at least
I Heard You Paint Houses is not narrative fiction. It's narrative NON-fiction, the complete opposite.
Weird attempt to pay tribute to Duck Amuck at the beginning...
I found the last one third of the movie profoundly disappointing. What was the movie actually about?
It takes a big set of huevos call all of the marvel movies something other than cinema, while guardians of the galaxy two was centered around abusive versus absentee fatherhood, and Thor Ragnarok centered itself around the idea of colonialism being irredeemable and that the colonial society should be destroyed.
What grand revelation did the Irishman say?
Old folks get old.
Don't know if it was the sentence structure or (and) my total ignorance of the subject matter, but the intro left me utterly confused.
He was insinuating a Netflix conspiracy with Scorsese to attack Disney, but then backing off on it.
Hope its not seen for the dustup with comic book movies. People should see it based on his less inflammatory publicity. What next, the next comic book movie getting views because they criticize Scorsese, it should not work either way.
Your film teacher would have dropped you points for how long your sentences run on, Bob.
@Sinjin Smyth making judgements on a person's character based on their appearance is so last season..
@Sinjin Smyth I guess you're right, being an absolute fucking schmuck with a fragile ego and no hope of ever being loved is bang on in trend so well done being with the times 🙏🏽
1:22 Brilliant! XD
Personally, it was a good film but it just wasn’t for me. Found myself getting a bit bored at times and didn’t really find the story that interesting. The CGI stuff is incredible though. I didn’t realise that it was CGI for the whole movie.
Overall for me 6/10
Best. Opener. Ever.
@Sinjin Smyth I was going for a Simpsons comic book guy thing but okay.
It's got Joe Pesci in it so that's all I needed to know to watch it.
BlueHooloovoo I'm not saying anything bad about him but I never knew why he's supposed to be special
Bob is starting to resemble Doug Walker more and more lately...
For a long review, that went by fast.
Heh, Bob Amuck. That's funny.
Parasite has been making the biggest awards waves this year and yet isn't a frontrunner for best picture? More moviebob in his movie-bubble unwilling to step anywhere near foreign films. He didn't even review The Farewell.
idk if it's exclusively a "refusing to see foreign cinema" thing as much of an access thing. I know parasite wasn't playing near enough to me that I could find the time to see it despite wanting to. He just did an episode of the The Big Picture on "Mr Go" after all.
@@CastlesComments That's a valid criticism, but it just doesn't feel like the whole picture to me. I'm not gonna sit here and pretend I know Bob's entire ethos for his reviews, but I can imagine a number of factors are at work. Yes, he likes oddities, so those catch his eyes most keenly. I also imagine he's gotta play to the algorithm, which means directing his attention to movies that'll catch more viewers. I'd also wager that the Escapist has some role in assigning reviews, though I can't be sure of that. I'd like to hear about more foreign films, but I can't fault Bob for not talking about movies he hasn't/can't/doesn't want to see. There are other critics that could probably cover those, RUclips is a big place. I know how Bob approaches movies and like hearing it, but I also listen to other reviewers to get diverse (sometimes contradictory) opinions. I think it'd be cool for Bob to cover more diverse stuff (I think he could've had an interesting perspective on some of the anime movies that made waves in the US like "Your Name" or "A Silent Voice"), but I also know there are other critics that will cover it like Chris Stuckman. It is what it is.
@@CastlesComments In a perfect world, yes, those would all be great things to do. But there are only so many hours in the day.
Another great opening gag!
Jesus Bob learn to mix audio
Save some time and start at 3:09.
1:30 I would watch that!
Huge fan Bob! Stopping shitting on THE JOKER.
Review Parasite already
HA! Very Loony Toons! Much Daffy!
Ey, ho, someone iced da' genre!
So the Irishman is a thinking man's movie?
I heard you paint houses
It would make my year if this movie lost the Best Picture Oscar win to a superhero movie. Endgame, Joker, any other one doesn’t matter I would just love to see that.
Endgame? Really?
Love these jokes!
Sooo many flash frames....